Abigail Adams Short Essay

“A girl knows her limits but a wise girl knows she has non.” This quote by Marilyn Monroe was written with one important lady in history in mind and that was Abigail Adams. Abigail was a wise woman of her time.She was born November 11,744 in Weymouth, MA(Abigail Adams) She was the founding mother and fought for women's rights (Holton 56).Abigail and John adams were married in October in 1764(Holton 56).Her husband was elected president and his legislative enemies assigned Abigail the name of “Mrs.President” (Barton 6) where she rejected such a name. She was called “Mrs.President because she had such an influence onto people.(Barton 6) Abigail Adams was a lady with perseverance not common to ladies of the late 1700 to the early 1800 and leadership that wasn’t always welcomed from a lady
During the american revolution, Abigail’s perseverance throughout the years in the revolution is truly outstanding and surprising to many people. Abigail understood and accepted that the roles of men and women are different but she still wrote to john in August 1774 “I most sincerely wish… that our new constitution may be distinguished for learning and virtue.If we mean to have heroes,statesman,and philosophers,we should have learned women...Great benefits must arise from literary accomplishments in women” (Barton 8) she stated this in her letter to John because she has been trying to get women rights of learning for so long so now she is writing to him again.

”If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies,we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” (Barton 8).She was so determind to get womens rights she kept writing john to prewad him to do it.to give womens rights.A few years later Abigail wrote again in march of 1776 saying “remember the ladies” (Hopkins 11)which was meaning to remember us women and give us rights of learning and working, give us freedom to do what we wish. She did this for many years hoping that one day she’ll get women's rights for all women in the U.S.A.

Abigail Has shown great perseverance but she has shown amazing leadership throughout the American revolution as well which surprised many because she was a women and that was out of character in the later 1700 into the 1800.To prove how much womens right were important to her Abigail held a mini-revolution in arena that was important to her.This mini-revolution was important to her because it was for women's rights which she had been fighting for for years and wanting it so badly that she had a mini-revolution . she has persevered through all of this and she has shown leadership by holding and leading a mini-revolution for women’s rights.(Holton 57)

Throughout Abigail's young life her father and grandfather were her biggest fans because they encouraged her to be a leader and to try her hardest and to keep trying when she has failed, her mother on the other hand didn't encourage her at all she wanted abigail to stay in the women's roll and not to be a leader and just be a lady, and of course she listened to her father and grandfather and not her mother.
Ever since then Abigail has been a leader for women's rights for years and when was a leader to all women and girls,she persevered through the hardest time when many men and women boys and girls looked down upon her and was ashamed of her because she stept out of her roll of a lady.

Abigail was a Woman's role model of her time many women looked up to her.Eventually. Abigail fell ill in her later life, alongside her so did her daughter Abby who was nicknamed Nabby who soon died of cancer in 1814 in her home. Abigail was struggling with her health for decades but it never seemed so bad that she would have died.But Abigail fell ill and had a stroke in her home and died later at her home in Quincy, Massachusetts,like her daughter, on one October day in 1818.
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Abigail was a great leader in her time,she tried for years to get women’s rights.Shortly after her death women’s rights were in the United states,Abigail got what she was fighting for but sadly she wasn't alive to see it happen.

‘The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.’Coco Chanel

‘Always be the leading lady of your own life.’Audrey Hepburn these quotes by Coco Chanel and Audrey Hepburn were made for one specific women of our history Abigail Adams.Even though these women did not know Abigail adams personally they were able to become successful women because of Abigail. Abigail was and is a true leader for all women during her life and after,she persevered through the hardest times in her life and even when her husband would not listen to her sometimes she still tried and wrote him letter about women's rights and including women in learning and work. Like Abigail once said”remember the ladies” and “This is a very good world.”(Hopkins 12) .